A Comparative Study of PWM Schemes for Grid Connected PV Cell

Author

Agarwal, Vineeta ; Vishwakarma, Alok

Author_Institution

MNNIT, Allahabad

fYear

2007

fDate

27-30 Nov. 2007

Firstpage

1769

Lastpage

1775

Abstract

A photovoltaic (PV) cell connected to the grid system has been modeled in MATLAB environment. Various characteristics have been plotted with changing atmospheric condition. An operating point at which photovoltaic cell exhibits maximum efficiency and generates maximum power is tracked by, a method called voltage Based Maximum Power Point tracking (VMPPT). To inject a sinusoidal current into the grid system, two modulations techniques namely; Sine PWM and State Vector PWM (SVPWM) have been implemented, and their performance is evaluated based on different parameters. Simulation results demonstrate the fast and effective response.

Keywords

PWM invertors; photovoltaic power systems; power grids; MATLAB environment; PWM modulations techniques; SVPWM inverter; VMPPT; grid connected PV cell; photovoltaic cell; sinusoidal current injection; state vector PWM modulation techniques; voltage-based maximum power point tracking; Atmospheric modeling; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Power system modeling; Pulse width modulation; Solar power generation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Distortion factor; Harmonics; Maximum Power Point (MPP); Modulation Index; Photovoltaic (PV) cell; Space Vector;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 2007. PEDS '07. 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0645-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0645-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDS.2007.4487948

Filename

4487948